Iran Designates Argentina’s Navy and Air Force as Terrorist Organizations

Iran's Foreign Ministry designated Argentina's navy and air force as terrorist organizations on Wednesday, November 11, presenting the step as a reciprocal response to Argentina's listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity. In its statement, the ministry called Argentina's designation of the IRGC, which it described as an official branch of Iran's armed forces, a hostile act contrary to the basic principles of international law. It acted under a 2019 Iranian law on reciprocal action against the United States' designation of the IRGC, which provides that any country that complies with or supports the American decision in any way faces reciprocal measures. The ministry said it deems the Argentine navy and air force subject to that law and designates them as terrorist organizations, and that Argentina's government bears responsibility for all consequences of the matter. Argentina's Security and Foreign ministries entered the IRGC in the country's terrorism registry, RePET, through Joint Resolution 3/2026, published in the Official Bulletin on April 6, 2026. The resolution cited reports of the group's direct involvement in financing and carrying out terrorist attacks, and the listing freezes funds and other financial assets. Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned that decision at the time as illegal and unjustified, in a statement circulated by its embassy in Uruguay. On November 1, the ministry applied the same reciprocity law to Britain's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, citing a resolution of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and designated Britain's foreign intelligence service, MI6, a "hostile group" under a separate espionage law.